# What do you pay for rent? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 22, 2010, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-pay-for-rent/525996 "2010-01-22T16:01:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![magnusblitz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b4bc9f/32.png) [@magnusblitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/magnusblitz)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2010, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-pay-for-rent/525996/101 "2010-01-27T07:03:46Z")
Westside Los Angeles - $1195/mo for a 1bedroom, water/trash included. ---
**Author:** ![SomeUserName](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e480ec/32.png) [@SomeUserName](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SomeUserName)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2010, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-pay-for-rent/525996/102 "2010-01-27T12:28:47Z")
I just moved a month ago. My old rent was $775 plus utilites and water. Small town Ohio. Cuyahoga County. Small two bedroom house but it had a decent yard and on a fairly quiet side street. I bought a two bedroom mobile home. Lot rent is $265 plus utilites and water. Small town in Ohio. Summit County. Small yard but plenty for me, less grass to cut and very quiet. My mobile home is actually bigger than the house I rented. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2010, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-pay-for-rent/525996/103 "2010-01-27T14:28:28Z")
I have a two room with kitchen and bath in northern New Jersey for $640 that includes heat and hot water. When I tell people this, they look like this :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Walpurgis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/7ea924/32.png) [@Walpurgis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walpurgis)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2010, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-pay-for-rent/525996/104 "2010-01-27T15:23:29Z")
I love looking at houses and apartments and see how people live - this is fascinating reading in the same vein. I’m in Malmö, Sweden, where I share a 3 room-flat (+kitchen & bath) with my S.O. for the equivalent of about 800 USD/month (heating and water included). ---
**Author:** ![EastCoastPearl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/aeb1de/32.png) [@EastCoastPearl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EastCoastPearl)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2010, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-pay-for-rent/525996/105 "2010-01-28T00:52:42Z")
Orange County, CA. We’re about to move from our $2500/month, 1400 square-foot townhome (bye-bye interest-only mortgage) to a slightly smaller $1800/month townhome (rental) a few miles away. The new place is about twice as nice - recently remodeled, with a two-car attached garage - and overall will cost about half as much as the old place once we factor in all the extra expenses that were involved in being homeowners. We’re REALLY looking forward to it. ---
**Author:** ![cromulent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b4bc9f/32.png) [@cromulent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cromulent)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2010, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-pay-for-rent/525996/106 "2010-01-28T01:35:07Z")
My boyfriend and I split the $1850 rent on a 490 sq. foot apartment, basically located on the uppermost part of the Upper East Side, right on the border of Spanish Harlem. And that rent is subsidized by the hospital he works for, since they own the building. It’s a doorman building with a basement laundry room, and nice although not super-luxurious by any means. ---
**Author:** ![FallFast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ba9def/32.png) [@FallFast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FallFast)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2010, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-pay-for-rent/525996/107 "2010-01-29T00:54:06Z")
We live in the burbs of L.A. We were renting a single family home, 3/2 1600sqft, 2 car garage, 40 years old, tiny yard, neighborhood not nice, place sucked, paid $2150 a month. No utilities included. We rented while the real estate market tanked, bought a 3200 sqft, 1/2 acre, guard gated community, now monthly is $1770 a month. I hate renting ---
**Author:** ![NBYodo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a9a28c/32.png) [@NBYodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NBYodo)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2010, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-pay-for-rent/525996/108 "2010-01-29T11:28:35Z")
1 bedroom 65 sq m (700 sq ft) apartment with balcony (~10 years old) in a nice area in Munich. About $1700 USD, incl. heat and water. Probably towards the high end price-wise for other areas in Munich. NB ---
**Author:** ![Capt.Ridley\_s\_Shooting\_Party](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/cc9497/32.png) [@Capt.Ridley\_s\_Shooting\_Party](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capt.Ridley_s_Shooting_Party)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2010, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-pay-for-rent/525996/109 "2010-01-29T11:52:05Z")
My flatmate is my landlord. I pay him £300 a month for a room in a Georgian flat in the south of Edinburgh. It’s a very nice area. From our front room we can see the south end of the [Meadows](http://www.edinburgharchitecture.co.uk/jpgs/meadows_aw06_123.jpg). Out of the back we can see [Arthur’s Seat and Salisbury Crags](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9c/Edinburgh_Arthur_Seat_dsc06165.jpg) (an entrance to Holyrood Park is literally one minute walk away). The Royal Mile is also literally at the bottom of my street, and I’m a ten minute walk away from nearly every main venue at the Edinburgh Fringe. I think I’m getting a good deal. ---
**Author:** ![Baffle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dec6dc/32.png) [@Baffle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baffle)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2010, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-pay-for-rent/525996/110 "2010-01-29T12:05:08Z")
> [@lexi](#): > > Calgary, AB Canada - in the trendy Beltline area - $1100 for a ~1000 sq ft 2 bedroom in a 1960 brick walk up - and it is considered a good deal for the neighbourhood. That’s a really nice price. I just moved out of a $1100/month (+$100 for underground parking) 1 bedroom, 600 square foot apartment, the building right behind the Wicked Wedge on 17th. (My building is on 15th, the Wedge is on 17th). 9 storey building with elevators though, 1970s construction. I really miss that place. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![lshaw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e36b37/32.png) [@lshaw](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lshaw)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2010, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-pay-for-rent/525996/111 "2010-01-29T13:18:23Z")
Tokyo, Japan - about $1000/month for a tiny studio. Don’t know the exact square footage, but it’s six tatami mats. Tiny! When I was living near Bel Air, Los Angeles, my roommate and I rented a 2BD apartment for $2400/month. So we each paid $1200 for a private bedroom, shared bathroom, living room and kitchen. ---
**Author:** ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2010, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-pay-for-rent/525996/112 "2010-01-29T13:25:24Z")
€750 a month for a one bed apartment. Not very big but not too small either and it suits me as it’s a 15min cycle from work, a 3 min walk to my parents and friends and in the area of Dublin which I grew up in. It’s very close to the city centre so that rent is pretty low for the area. Parking included but no bills are covered by rent. Rents have been falling here due to the collapse of the housing market. My rent is less now than when I moved in 7 years ago. At one stage it was €900 a month. Since it’s in the city I’ve got all the amenities I need close and very nice broadband (30MBs), cable TV etc. ---
**Author:** ![Shot\_From\_Guns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@Shot\_From\_Guns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shot_From_Guns)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2010, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-pay-for-rent/525996/113 "2010-01-29T16:48:33Z")
> [@lshaw](#): > > Tokyo, Japan - about $1000/month for a tiny studio. Don’t know the exact square footage, but it’s six tatami mats. Tiny! Per Wikipedia, “In the region around Tokyo, tatami generally measure .88 m by 1.76 m.” So a 6畳 (_rokujou_, six-tatami) room would be about 9.29 square meters, or about 100 square feet. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2010, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-pay-for-rent/525996/114 "2010-01-29T16:56:20Z")
Going to look at a townhouse in a suburb of Portland, ME this afternoon. Two bedroom, washer/dryer, dishwasher, full basement, private parking, etc. It’s going for about $875. ---
**Author:** ![Shinna\_Minna\_Ma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f08c70/32.png) [@Shinna\_Minna\_Ma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shinna_Minna_Ma)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2010, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-pay-for-rent/525996/115 "2010-01-30T21:03:30Z")
₪ 2200 (Israeli shekels, about $590) for a two story, 5.5 bedroom apartment. It does not include any utilities, but we do have a decent sized yard in the front and side of the building. There are only four apartments in the building, and each has a private entrance in the front. It’s a great location - we don’t have a car, but the post office and bus stop are right across the street, the makolet (corner grocery store) is a 60 second walk, and the shopping center is only a 10 minute walk. ---
**Author:** ![Waxwinged](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c2a13f/32.png) [@Waxwinged](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waxwinged)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2010, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-pay-for-rent/525996/116 "2010-01-30T21:55:49Z")
600$ a month (plus electricity); a rather nice two-bedroom townhouse in a rather nice small town in the Tri-cities, Virginia area. ---
**Author:** ![kittenblue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ba8739/32.png) [@kittenblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kittenblue)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2010, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-pay-for-rent/525996/117 "2010-01-30T23:38:12Z")
When last I rented, I had a two-bedroom beach-type house two blocks from Lake Erie in one of the best suburbs in Cleveland. $750 a month, water included. Had a full basement and a one-car garage. Tiny corner lot, but I really didn’t want much yard. Safe, quiet neighborhood with award-winning schools, close to everything. It needed a lot of work, which they did after we moved out, but still…it was cute! ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2010, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-pay-for-rent/525996/118 "2010-01-30T23:47:54Z")
Phoenix, Arizona. Across the street from the Phoenix Country Club. I’m not sure about the exact amount, but it is around 800 dollars a month for a 2 bedroom, 2 bath apartment. Probably be a bit more if it was just a bit closer to the light rail. ---
**Author:** ![Cazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cazzle/32/75_2.png) [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2010, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-pay-for-rent/525996/119 "2010-01-31T01:19:27Z")
$760/month (Australian dollars) for an unfurnished two-bedroom unit in the centre of town with a comfortably small yard and gardens maintained by the landlord. It has a laundry, a single carport and a reasonably large open-plan living area. My drive to work takes two to four minutes (if I didn’t have to drive to daycare first, I’d just walk it). The main shopping district is two blocks away. On the downside, it’s very dingy and the landlord is slow to repair even minor, inexpensive problems. The decor is dated and looks like it hasn’t been updated since the place was built in the 60’s or 70’s. There’s no dishwasher or a/c, and I wish I had both. Until six months ago I was paying $915/month for a slightly larger and more modern two-bedroom unit in a similar location without garden/lawn maintenance, but it was a nicer property. I moved because the rent kept going up (it was scheduled to jump to $960/month a few weeks after I moved, and I believe the new tenants were taken on at $980/month). I couldn’t justify spending that on a place that also didn’t have a/c or a dishwasher. ---
**Author:** ![SanibelMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@SanibelMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanibelMan)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2010, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-pay-for-rent/525996/120 "2010-01-31T01:37:05Z")
We pay $1015/month for a 3-bedroom, 2-bath apartment in a 3-story building on the far east side of Madison. It’s about 12 years old and includes water, hot water, washer/dryer, underground parking (1 spot) and a bunch of shitty neighbors. And $20 of that is for the cat. We plan to move this summer. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-pay-for-rent/525996.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-pay-for-rent/525996.md?page=7)